Neighborhood matters: Patterns and controls on wood distribution in old-growth forest streams of the Colorado Front Range, USA

Geomorphology

Volumn 125, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 132-146

  Wohl, Ellen ^a   Cadol, Daniel ^a,b  

^a Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

^b Dept of Economics and Thomas Jefferson Program in Public Policy at the College of William and Mary   (United States)

Author keywords

Colorado Front Range; Instream wood; Old growth forest; Spatial distribution

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL HYDRAULICS; DRAINAGE BASIN; HEADWATER; INSTREAM FLOW; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NUMERICAL MODEL; OLD-GROWTH FOREST; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; STREAM CHANNEL; WOOD;

COLORADO; FRONT RANGE; ROCKY MOUNTAINS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78349307819     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2010.09.008     Document Type: Article

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